ORPIMENT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic

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Hypernyms ("orpiment" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "orpiment"):

arsenic; As; atomic number 33 (a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar)

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